Episodi
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HT2034 - An Audience of One
In a conversation the other day, a photographer was making a case for large prints on the wall because they could be viewed simultaneously by a group of people. Viewing such artwork, he emphasized, becomes a social activity. Maybe that's another reason why I tend not to make prints for the wall.
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HT2033 - A Most Creative Question
A friend gifted to me 500 sheets of 4x6" glossy inject paper. Every day when I walk into my office, I see that stack of paper and wonder what I might do with it. Voilá, a new project is born.
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HT2032 - A Photograph Is a Printed Object
I recently was talking with a photographer who stated authoritatively that there wasn't a photograph until there was a print. That certainly was true in my youth, but I'm not so sure any more. This is why I try to clarify my language by differentiating between a photograph and an image.
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LW1421 - All That Is Left Are the Hard Parts
History clearly shows us that the trend in photography is that making photographs has become easier and easier with the passage of time. It is so easy to conflate technical challenges with the creation of art. What once was difficult still is.
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HT2031 - Unfinished Work
For a good portion of my creative life, I would show my unfinished work. That was the work I was currently thinking about, spending time working on, most excited about. At some point, I realized how unfulfilling this was to the viewer as well as to me! Now I only show my finished work. Instead of displaying my potential, I concentrate on displaying my accomplishments - - and hope they are important enough to share.
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HT2030 - Fond Memories
I was given a tour of an analog darkroom a few days ago. The smell of fixer, the stack of washed and drying paper trays, that magical red light. So many memories. I do miss my youth, but I have to admit that I don't miss those hours and hours of frustration to produce one print that was not quite satisfactory. I miss my youth, but I don't miss the darkroom that was such a large part of my early days.
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HT2029 - Performing for the Camera
When my kids were young, the instant they saw me pull out the camera they began posing in a performance for the lens. Getting past that artificiality was a challenge. Strangely enough, the lesson how to do this came from a microphone.
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HT2028 - The Running Narrative
So often when I have a chance to look at another photographer's work, there is a running narrative that accompanies my view of each image. When I move to the next image, the narrative repeats. That universal narrative is the location of where the image was captured. Divorced from the images, the spoken accompaniment is merely a travel list. Is this the best way to narrate our images?
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